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I Say a Little Prayer by Aretha Franklin

I Say a Little Prayer by Aretha Franklin runs at 133 BPM in the key of A major. The prompt below describes those musical characteristics for Suno without naming the record.

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Measured

Tempo
133 BPM
Key
A major
Length
3:37
Genre
soul
Mood
wistful
Vocals
Instrumental

Suno prompt

A wistful soul track blending gospel with high energy and a swung feel at 133 BPM. The low end is electric bass playing root-note anchored, under an acoustic drum kit with a clap-layered snare and tight closed hats. Grand piano carries the harmony, fingerpicked. The arrangement follows verse-chorus with a bridge. A grand piano leads, building through repetition. Analog hiss adds texture, with a slapback delay on the lead. Mixed in a clean and spacious style, foregrounding melodic lead and low-end weight, built on chromatic and shifting chords, leaving a tense and coiled atmosphere.

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What the analysis found

Bass instrument
electric bass
Bassline style
root-note anchored
Tempo
133
Chords
chromatic and shifting
Cymbals
tight closed hats
Energy
high
Atmosphere
tense and coiled
Genre
soul
Second genre
gospel
Harmonic instrument
grand piano
Harmonic style
fingerpicked
Lead instrument
a grand piano
Lead style
building through repetition
Mixing style
clean and spacious
Mood
wistful
Percussion
an acoustic drum kit
Rhythmic style
swung
Snare
clap-layered
Sonic focus
melodic lead
Secondary focus
low-end weight
Space
a slapback delay
Structure
verse-chorus with a bridge
Textural detail
analog hiss

About this page

This is an independent acoustic analysis. Tempo and key are measured from the audio; instrumentation and production characteristics are classified against a fixed vocabulary. The source recording is deleted once the analysis finishes, and no lyrics from it are stored.

Planetary Records is not affiliated with Aretha Franklin. The prompt describes musical characteristics and does not reproduce the recording.

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